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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 1990
Filed:
Jul. 11, 1988
Richard P Mintzlaff, Granada Hills, CA (US);
Danford Corporation, San Pedro, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer disk assembly has a power supply-wiring harness unit and a disk pack unit for housing and mounting a hard disk drive. This disk drive is suspended within its housing on a vibration isolating suspension system which utilizes a plurality of spring steel coils, this suspension system being designed to isolate the disk from external vibrations and shock. The power supply-wiring harness unit is removably connected to the disk pack unit through a fastening system which includes an elongated plate member which slides into a channel formed in the bottom of the disk pack unit and a latching fastener member which is driven by a handle and engages a mating receptacle in the disk pack unit. Electrical connections are made between a wiring harness in the power supply-wiring harness unit and the disk pack unit by means of mating electrical connectors on both units wherein electrical connection between the connector contacts is made by side wise movement of the contents of one of the connectors after the two units are mechanically joined together.